Saturday, February 13, 2010

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I spent some time at the Cookie Madness blogsite looking for a recipe for rolled sugar cookies. I know there are loads of recipes for them floating in cyberspace, but I was short of time and needed a recipe I could count on. Anna has never disappointed me. If you haven't visited her site, I hope you'll drop-by when you have some time. It's a baker's paradise. You can find Anna's recipe for No-Fail Cut Out Sugar Cookies here. I didn't use Anna's icing for the cookies, because I wanted to flood, rather than spread, them with icing. I decided to use the frosting I used to top shortbread hearts several weeks ago. The frosting recipe can be found here. In order to create the marbled appearance, I made three batches of icing and swirled the colors to achieve the effect I was looking for. I had seen this combination in a local bakery and like it enough to use here. I find my icing much easier to work with than fondant and - from a great distance - they look the same. Here's the recipe for Marbled Sweetheart Sugar Cookies.

Directions:1) Place flour and baking podwer in a medium bowl. Whisk to combine. Set aside.2) Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in salt and extract/extracts. Scrape sides of bowl and beat in egg, beating only until egg is blended in.3) Add flour mixture gradually (1 cup at a time) and stir until incorporated.4) Form dough into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.5) Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Roll dough onto a lightly floured surface to approximately 5/8″ thick. Cut cookies into shapes and place cut cookie shape on a parchment lined cookie.6) Bake the cookies for approximately 10 minutes or until edges begin to turn golden brown in color. Remove cookies from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Frost when completely cool. Yield: 18-24 heart shaped sugar cookies.

Mary, you have quickly become one of our favorite places to visit each day-it seems we like so many of the same things. We love making and decorating sugar cookies and these are gorgeous! Thank you for the birthday wishes for Allie. She gets so excited reading the blog comments every day-it's fun to watch and as every mama to a teenage girl knows- I'll take any fun time together I can get! xoxo Pattie

I don't think I have ever seen a more beautiful cookie, Mary! The marbelized effect is spectacular. I wish someone would give me one of those for Valentine's Day, although I think I would just sit and stare at it!

What a totally unique look to your cookies. I have a baby shower coming up with the bloggers here and may give this a try as I am always looking for different ways to present the basic cookie. Thanks for posting and Happy Valentine's day.Joyce

Those really are a work of art, very pretty. I was just telling my grandughter,when she was visiting at Christmas, how she didn't have to chose to be an artist or a baker she could be both. She coould use her artistic talent in baking and cooking and your cookies prove it.

Happy Pink Sat..and Valentine's Day! Oooooo, these cookies look so yummy! I had intended on making your shortbread hearts for this weekend, but didn't pull that off (I've been fighting a "bug"). However, I am happy to report that I DID make your yummy raspberry muffins for me and my hubby. YUM...they were wonderful!Thank you!

That's definitely edible art, and I know they taste good because I'm familiar with the recipe ;). Thanks for the Cookie Madness shout out. I'm in the process of re-organizing things to make it even easier to navigate. I've been blogging for so long I sometimes forget what I've already made.

Just wanted to let you know I've made this cookie dough this morning & it is chilling. Thanks for taking the time to post about it & provide the links, Mary. I trust your opinion SO much!

I'm going to roll & cut out crosses for DGS#1 Confirmation party on Sunday. Keep your fingers crossed!! Wish I could paint them like you do!! I think I'll stick with a pale blue background & little dots & curls of white icing, like I did for Easter. No time to experiment!

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